What is SimpleDimple? One simple premise: the best games deserve the best releases possible. SimpleDimple is the curation of releases made by other groups with the intent on improving what already exists and re-releasing with a consistent format. Great care is taken to provide a fine balance of compression, quality, and quantity.

DISCLAIMER: I don't waste my time making these posts so that fat fucks can walk in and take shit. The PC platform, in its current state, is a beautiful thing. We all have great power, and with great power comes great responsibility. These releases are meant for people who bought their games legally and want the freedom to enjoy them however they damn well please. There are a lot of hard working developers that create amazing work. They deserve your support. So don't be a dick.

Extract the archive "tob.7z" using a file extractor such as "7-Zip". You can move the extracted folder to your desired directory.

You can launch Half-Life 2 by executing "Half-Life 2.bat".You can launch Half-Life 2: Episode One by executing "Half-Life 2 Episode One.bat".You can launch Half-Life 2: Episode Two by executing "Half-Life 2 Episode Two.bat".You can launch Portal by executing "Portal.bat".You can launch Team Fortress 2 by executing "Team Fortress 2.bat" located in the following directory:

\The Orange Box\Team Fortress 2\Team Fortress 2.bat

You can change your name in Team Fortress 2 by editing "rev.ini" in the "Team Fortress 2" folder and by editing "autoexec.cfg" located in the following directory:

\The Orange Box\Team Fortress 2\tf\cfg\autoexec.cfg

Both files must have the same name in order for it to work in-game.

How to play LAN in Team Fortress 2:

1. Create a server on the host computer.

2. On the connecting computer:

To enable your console, open the options menu. Under the "Keyboard" tab click on "Advanced". Then enable developer console.

These posts are designed to bring more attention to great games and great releases. The download link represents digital curation and serves as a last resort when these releases cannot be found anywhere else. Many of these releases can still be easily found through other means (like a simple google search) so please do so before downloading from here. The less people that use the following link, the longer it will stay active. So don't be a dick.

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I'm going to repeat myself because I know half of you morons missed it.

PLEASE NOTE:

These posts are designed to bring more attention to great games and great releases. The download link represents digital curation and serves as a last resort when these releases cannot be found anywhere else. Many of these releases can still be easily found through other means (like a simple google search) so please do so before downloading from here. The less people that use the following link, the longer it will stay active. So don't be a dick.

Thanks for posting this release - really a dream comes true! You can't imagine how long I'm searching for a clean rip. Back in the days, I got Half-Life 2 retail CD pack as gift but couldn't able to buy The Orange Box when it was published. The.Orange.Box-DETONATiON seems buggy on most modern PCs.

yes i had the same problem which is why i made this. in fact i can't seem to find a torrent that is still alive for the DETONATiON release of The Orange Box.

kind of surprising being that this game compilation was a great commercial success and was one of the highest rated packages of all time (containing some of the highest rated games of all time). this compilation was one of my favorite purchases of the last generation. so many good memories playing it on my PS3 back in '08 (feels like it was so long ago now).

i was really looking for the original 2007 release (something that contained everything the console versions were and none of the extra crap that came with hundreds of patches over the years). the only scene release i knew of was from DETONATiON and as stated earlier i was not able to find a living torrent. i think there are one or two other releases that random people made but they didn't seem to be put together competently and not sure if they could be trusted.

just as well because there were a lot of good patches for these games. patches for TF2 added so many great maps as well as great bot support. so my goal was to incorporate all of the positives that came with patches but also keep it as similar as possible to the original 2007 release. its still based on GCF so you get all of the size reduction benefits from having all of the games installed in the same folder.

I can try to share a copy of The.Orange.Box-DETONATiON if you want, but it may take some time. Also (if its not too troublesome), can it be possible for you re-upload the release as a set of split archives?

Also (if its not too troublesome), can it be possible for you re-upload the release as a set of split archives?

i can definitely do that for you but i'm currently not on a home connection and won't be until mid-december. look for it here around dec ~17. i have to fix one of the nav meshes in TF2 anyway so it will be an update to the main post.

Titokhan wrote:

I can try to share a copy of The.Orange.Box-DETONATiON if you want, but it may take some time.

i'm going to try to look around a bit more. when i upload the split archives if i still can't find it i'll let you know

i can definitely do that for you but i'm currently not on a home connection and won't be until mid-december. look for it here around dec ~17. i have to fix one of the nav meshes in TF2 anyway so it will be an update to the main post.

That will be great! Well, its not just for me, but most of the free users may face difficulties to grab the full archive at once. I can also help you to build installer (with proper versioning) for it if you want.

apdonato wrote:

i'm going to try to look around a bit more. when i upload the split archives if i still can't find it i'll let you know

what do you mean by buggy on most modern PCs?

Like occasional graphical glitches, texture rendering issues etc. On the other hand, I'll start uploading the whole release to MEGA as a set of 1 GB split archives.

That will be great! Well, its not just for me, but most of the free users may face difficulties to grab the full archive at once. I can also help you to build installer (with proper versioning) for it if you want.

i used to make full repacks with installers based on inno setup scripting but i've gotten lazy over the years and now i just zip the fuckers. now that you mention it i should make an attempt to create a proper installer for it. in fact i will definitely create a proper installer for it. and it will look clean and professional as if valve themselves did it(it may take a few extra days to release it)

though the prospect of coding the ability to install certain games is making me…cringe

i guess there must be some pre written functions for this floating around the interwebs

Yes, I'd also prefer to have the links sent via PM, since this is a scene release after all. While we made an exception for the (also old) EMPORiO version of CS:S, that's a museum piece and not meant to be played at all.

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